§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 February,Official Report, column 223, if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which a journalist interviewed Private Clegg at Wakefield prison using an assumed name; and what actions he is taking to prevent such incidents taking place.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked for a reply to be given.
Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 8 March 1995:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what action has been taken following the interview of Private Lee Clegg at Wakefield prison by a journalist.Mr. Clegg's visitors are now required to produce satisfactory evidence of their identity before they are allowed to visit him.